You’d Look Like This, Too…

We preg. tested a bunch of our cows last week. In the ten years Marlboro Man and I have been blissfully wed, this was the first time I’d been a witness to this particular brand of ranch activity. Let me tell you, dear friends, neither I nor my previously-virginal Nikon will ever—ever—be the same.

If you still want to have anything whatsoever to do with me tomorrow, tune in for an in-depth look at the entire process of preg. testing cows. I promise you, it will be an education.

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Rona

That’s a….cow??? That looks like no animal I’ve ever seen before.

Brooke

I agree that’s a cow??? I thought it was some new creature that was living at the ranch. Maybe in the pond….BUT a cow no!! Can’t wait for the educational lesson tomorrow! Should be funny if you’re teaching.

Anonymous

As another former doc daughter raised on the golf course and married to a rancher, I’d just like to say doing that to a horse makes cows easy!Remuda mom

Anonymous

Oh yes, and what’s really fun is when you have an emergency and get to do that without the glove.Remuda mom

Weaver Brewer Fam

Saw this on Dirty Jobs once. WOW! My tivo has been “dirty” ever since 😉

Debs

Yep it is a cow. If a man had his whole arm up your arse, your eyes be bugging out too. Not a pretty site. I am no longer hungry. Thanks for the diet aid 😛

Emmakirst

Yowzers~! That’s just nasty. Poor cow 😦

Heather

Was that sedcond picture really necessary?

Pam

Ah, ya big babies….*wink*Who am I kiddin’. I saw it on ‘Dirty Jobs’ too. But as a nurse, I’m not even fazed. Sorry folks. Now, if she was showing butchering of this animal…that would be a whole ‘nother situation entirely!!!

Swampwitch

WEll, now I don’t need any breakfast…or coffee…and maybe not lunch…Thanks Ree !!

bekah

That doesn’t look like a cow.But… still… I’m not sure who I feel more sorry for – the cow or the vet.Well, I guess the vet CHOSE his profession…

Pamela

I saw that on Dirty Jobs, tooI saw it once or twice as a child, too.My dad always made us kids go to the house, but once I hid in the hayloft

James Cooper

Wow, and suddenly I have this phantom discomfort in my posterior…

KimbaLee

It looks like it’s eyes are where it’s nose should be…..I’m no country girl, but I know the process, and believe me, I am SO GRATEFUL that all we have to do is pee on a stick!

kirsten

Laughing at the comments… My dad’s a vet, so I saw this plenty of times growing up. But the first time my then future husband saw the process he stopped dead in his tracks and whispered loudly to me, “WHAT is YOUR father DOING?!”

Doc

I have a lovely picture of my prissy daughter, up to the elbow in the back end of a ewe, untangling twins. She says she’ll kill me if I post it though…Anyway, this isn’t about the back end of a mammal, this is about your piano. Because, you know, someone like ME isn’t allowed to post there. Call a piano repair, not a tuner. My son once went crazy with a can of liquid soap (the kind the kids paint with in the bathtub) and my piano… it still lives (and so does he) 19 years later. It took about 3 weeks and we had to haul the piano 75 miles into Portland. And boy, don’t we ALL do stupid things? I know I have you beat by miles hon. Miles. Lots of ’em.

M J

Oh dear. I should not have looked at that so early in the morning.It does remind me that I am overdue for my yearly. Good times. Thank god my doctor doesn’t have gloves that go up to the shoulder!

Heather

LOL… the responses were more funny than the education. Though I have seen such tests performed before.. didnt phase me…

Nekked Lizard Lady

Yeek… brings back memories of my first-born and my first experience with h-roids. Where’s my tushy-cushy?

bekah

I still can’t figure out how that’s a cow’s face. Do you have another pic from a different angle? Where’s it’s MOUTH?

Robin

I’m looking forward to Pete’s bug-eyed response (I hope I remember to look).My in-laws raise registered limousin cattle, and so I’ve seen more AIs than I care to remember, along with semen tanks and all the gizmos. Who woulda thunk a whole industry revolves around sticking your arm up a cow’s backside? THANK GOD FOR THE GLOVES!This reminds me of your post about your “initiation” into the family, and your job of checking their temps. LOLOLOL, rollin’, rollin’ rollin’ on the FLOOR! After that, this is a walk in the park.Funny girl, you are :).

Ree

Oh, you all are really giving me a giggle today. Now that I look at the face photo, I can see where the confusion is coming from.You’re looking at the cow’s right eye. Her nose is off the far right of the screen. Her ear is over to the left of her eye, and has a blue ear tag on it. I think the little shadow is giving the appearance of a deep fold that isn’t actually there.The cow’s head is immobilized in the chute so she can be ear-tagged and dehorned, if needed. So it’s throwing the whole appearance off a bit.Thanks for sticking with me. I expected to lose at least half of you with this post. But if not today, then I definitely will tomorrow…And I’m sorry in advance.

Kristen

Hmm, too bad they can’t just pee on a stick.

bekah

Oh, Ree, thanks for explaining! NOW it does look like a cow! I thought the mouth was to the left and thought, “What kind of messed-up cows are they BREEDING out there?” Now I get it.And, hopefully I’ll remember to not eat anything before I come to your site tomorrow.

willowtree

That’s all well and good, but did the vet at least buy them dinner first?Took me a while to figure out why people were saying it didn’t look like a cow too, I recognised the chute, but then I know no-one’s going to put their arm up a cow’s butt with out it being secured.